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"You Live Your Life On a Tightrope"

By Richard Lawson, 5:38 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008, 1,027 views

Here's a trailer for the upcoming documentary Man On Wire, about Philippe Petit's famous World Trade Center tightrope walk. It gives me chills. [Apple]

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